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which the Rev. George W. Taylor, another Ufe long friend of 

 Dr. Fletcher's, is curator, where we spent a couple of days. 

 On parting from him, he with his usual thoughtfulness, insisted 

 on carrying mv case to the waiting conveyance, as he considered 

 I was still an invalid. Little did we think it was to be our final 

 parting. 



I can bear witness to the inestimable value of the assistance 

 he afforded this province in all those questions affecting the 

 welfare of the agriculturist and the people generally; that to 

 the other parts of the Dominion and to mankind in general are 

 but too well known and have been dilated upon by abler pens. 

 And noYv' arises the question, how can his place be filled? In 

 our hearts at least there is a void which we feel that time can 

 but partially cure, and in bidding farewell to one who has so 

 endeared himself to all and whose life was so successfully and 

 disinterestedly devoted to the welfare of his country, we may 

 well say, 



"He so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie 



That kings for such a tomb would wish to die." 



J. R. Anderson. 

 Victoria, B.C., 26th January, 1909. 



EPIG/EA REPENS IN WATERLOO COUNTY 



As all references to the habitat of Epigcea repens, L., I have 

 seen, have been "sandy or rocky woods especially under ever- 

 greens," a description of the conditions under which it grows 

 wherever I have found it in Waterloo Coiinty may be of interest. 

 I have collected it at three stations and always in cold cedar 

 swamps with Ledtim groenlandicum, Oeder. At one large swamp 

 where it is abundant it is difficult to reach while in bloom, owing 

 to the inundated condition of the swamp in spring, but although 

 very wet in its surroundings it is mostly found on hummocks, 

 old rotten logs, and more elevated places such as is mostly 

 found around the roots of cedars. Nothing can better 

 describe the conditions under which it grows than the following 

 list of trees and plants that are immediately associated with it: 

 Ledum groenlandicum, Oeder; Dalibarda repens, L.; Chiogenes 

 hispidtda (L.) T. and G. ; Cypripedium reginae, Walt.; Tiarclla 

 cordifolia, L.; Caltha palustris, L.; Picea mariana (Mill) B.S.P.; 

 Thuja occidentalis, L.; Taxus minor (L.) Britton, and Larix 

 laricina (DuRoi) Koch. 



W. Herriot, Gait, Ont. 



